The Royal - 8 ª Season

The Ormerods accompany Sister Brigid to Ireland for Moira's funeral where married Sergeant O'Malley is among the mourners. It becomes clear that he is baby Aisling's father and his wife is about to find out. Back at the Royal new Dr. Ralph Ellis is thrown in at the deep end when he attends to Ruby, a teenager injured at a children's home, but reluctant to leave her little sister to go to hospital.

The Ormerods relieve a troubled Sister Brigid, who was considering leaving the veil to bring up Aisling, when they agree to adopting the little girl. Back at the Royal the porters have a hare-brained scheme to raise chickens whilst Ralph Ellis faces racial prejudice when he diagnoses school-girl Tracey Wong with non-contagious leprosy to which other parents show hostility.

Matron is put in an awkward position when her married friend Margo appears to have syphilis, about which her husband is unaware. Jack and Alun go after buried treasure but only succeed in puncturing a sewage pipe instead. Gordon and Ralph are called to a cliff-top rescue, which Ralph almost jeopardises when he ends up in need of rescuing himself. New administrator Jean McAteer gets to grips with the job.

Rag-and-bone man Lester Marsh is brought into the hospital after being knocked down and kicked by his horse. Gordon has to be taken by lifeboat to attend an emergency on a yacht and ends up comforting a grieving widow. For Susie, however, things are looking up as she asks Alun for a lift - to her wedding to a very wealthy man.

Following the departure of Susie after her whirlwind courtship and marriage a new student nurse, Faye Clarke arrives to take up her position at the Royal. Meanwhile receptionist Lizzie falls head over heels for a handsome stunt-riding motor-bike daredevil.